MY HEART'S DESIRE

cinnamon

I deadpanned at him.

"If you refer to my dick as 'junior' again, I will seriously beat the shit out of you."

"Ok ok, I take it back."

I rolled my eyes.

"Really though, Noah, it's an easy fix. Find a babe that's down for a night or two and you'll be good to go. No more feelings."

"No thanks."

Now he was the one rolling his eyes.

"Or you could always call Jen. She was always down for you."

I shot him a look.

"Don't push it bro."

"Sorry, you never told me what went down between you two."

I sighed, slinging the towel over my shoulder.

"Things got complicated, okay? Can we drop it?"

"Consider it dropped... but this girl... does she have a friend?"

My face cracked in a smile.

"Shut up, dickhead."

He laughed.

And my thoughts were consumed with her yet again. Thinking back to when her lips were only centimeters from mine, when I was able to take in her scent.

I was right. Cinnamon.

***

I was sitting in my car, about to start it when I saw something shining on the seat. I picked it up, a diamond earring...

Right where she had been sitting.

***

Aria

"I am looking!"

"Look harder!" I yelled while throwing my pillows to the floor.

"Ma...maybe you lost it at the club?" Lacey was out of breath.

I thought about going to the club, but Noah works there. I wanted to be sure it wasn't here first before taking that risk.

"Aha! Found it!... sorry it was just a piece of lint." Lacey lowered her head in disappointment.

I sat at the end of my bed looking at the floor.

"Ally gave me those earrings... if I lost one I-"

"We'll find it, okay? Don't worry."

I smiled.

"Thanks, Lace..."

"It's my mission as your best friend to find that earring now. And you know how I get when I'm on a mission."

I shook my head, she could be so quirky sometimes.

"I'm heading off to the club to look, you comin'?"

I dusted off my knees and stood up.

"Uh, I'll just... keep looking here. Let me know if you find it."

She nodded, then left.

"I FOUND IT!!!" She yelled from the front door.

All of a sudden I could hear her running until she was standing in front of me, smiling huge.

"I found your earring! And it's attached to a really, really hot guy!" She whispered excitedly.

Hot guy?